The New Brunswick election saw the governing Conservatives trading places with the Liberal Opposition. In B.C., the governing NDP lost its majority government and it’s still unknown who will form the next government.
It remains to be seen what will happen in Saskatchewan’s Oct. 28 election.
In B.C., polls indicate it was kitchen-table issues and health care that were top of mind for voters, while public pressure ahead of the Oct. 19 election had led to reversal on some governmental social policy items such as drug decriminalization. Even incumbent NDP Premier David Eby said the rise of the Conservatives spoke to the “frustrations of a lot of British Columbians” on such issues as affordability and public safety, and he is vowing to “do better.”…